National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Victoria Woodhull
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born 1821
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Lillian Wald
Born 1867
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Born 1884
Achievements: Government
2005 Inductee
Anne Dallas Dudley
Born 1876
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee
Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Kate Millett
Born 1934
Achievements: Arts, Education, Humanities
2013 Inductee
Joan Ganz Cooney
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business, Education
1998 Inductee
Myra Bradwell
Born 1831
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Mary A. Hallaren
Born 1907
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis
Born 1813
Achievements: Humanities
2002 Inductee
Henrietta Szold
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
2007 Inductee
Angelina Grimké Weld
Born 1805
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle
Born 1905
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Loretta Ross
Born 1953
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Judith L. Pipher
Born 1940
Achievements: Education, Science
2007 Inductee
Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Born 1915
Achievements: Business
2013 Inductee
Mary Mahoney
Born 1845
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Janet Reno
Born 1938
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Janet D. Rowley
Born 1925
Achievements: Science
2017 Inductee
Temple Grandin
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities, Science
2017 Inductee
Zora Neale Hurston
Born 1891
Achievements: Arts
1994 Inductee

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Imagine the Conversation Contest Winner!

We asked you to Imagine the Conversation that inspired this statue, when Amelia Bloomer introduced Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. You all certainly delivered, and we received dozens of...

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Calling All Storytellers & Artists

July is the anniversary of the first ever Women’s Rights Convention which took place in Seneca Falls on July 19th, 1848. This July, the 20th – 22nd, we celebrate Convention Days: 170 years since the...

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Wondering What’s Going On at the Mill?

Wonder no more! Starting this Wednesday, July 11th at 12 o’clock noon, the National Women’s Hall of Fame will begin hosting Live Facebook Mill Updates every other Wednesday! Join us as our Gilbane...

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Bayer Offers Tribute to Dr. Blackwell

By Hobart and William Smith Colleges on May 7th, 2018 Professor of Women’s Studies Betty Bayer joined a panel of distinguished speakers for the unveiling of the historic plaque marking the hospital...

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News & Events

National Women’s Hall of Fame Induction Sept. 14, 2019

For Immediate Release: Celebrating Extraordinary Women’s Contributions Seneca Falls, NY: - In celebration of the 100th year anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote in NY, The National Women's Hall of Fame will host a weekend celebrating the achievements of American Women...

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Hall Mourns Bernice “Bunny” Sandler

Bernice Resnick Sandler Dr. Bernice “Bunny” Sandler, the “Godmother of Title IX,” died peacefully at her home in Washington, DC, on Saturday January 5, 2019. She was 90. A high-spirited and highly effective advocate for women’s equality for more than 50 years, Dr....

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